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CULTURE

Group of volunteers during HomeFirst Coaches' Retreat.

HomeFirst aims to bring financial literacy to the local community

Augustus Barnette, Staff Reporter March 1, 2023

Hidden on the northeast side of campus, tucked away in Capital Hall, students can find the Division of Community Affairs’ Center for Community-Based Partnerships. According to the motto on their website,...

Student showcasing the selection of professional dress options at Crimson Closet.

A guide to dressing professionally on a cramped college budget

Zara Morgan, Contributing Writer March 1, 2023

Students always hear not to dress for the job you have, but the job you want. While many college students see the required professional dress for events and interviews to be burdensome due to the expensiveness...

Contingent faculty at UA seek better treatment, some join campus union 

Contingent faculty at UA seek better treatment, some join campus union 

Ethan Henry, Staff Reporter March 1, 2023

Almost all undergraduate students have taken a course taught by a contingent faculty member. It might have been a graduate teaching assistant or an adjunct instructor, which is a part-time temporary teaching...

"Good Riddance" album cover.

Culture Pick: Gracie Abrams stuns with debut album “Good Riddance”

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter February 26, 2023

The high and the comedown. Loving and losing. Hurting and healing. Singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams exhibits all these themes in her highly anticipated first studio album, “Good Riddance,” which dropped...

Firsts | Episode 3

Firsts | Episode 3

Zara Morgan and McKenzie Knight February 22, 2023

Are you ready to hear some real talk about the college experience? The Crimson White’s culture desk would like to introduce you to the third episode of “Firsts,” presented by culture desk contributors...

Culture Pick: Author Holly Black writes strong fantasy novels for all ages

Culture Pick: Author Holly Black writes strong fantasy novels for all ages

Anna Hill, Contributing Writer February 22, 2023

The fiction community is vast and includes thousands of stories and universes for readers to escape into. While it may seem like a difficult genre to dive into as an author, through considerable worldbuilding...

Culture Pick: “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”: Zany, universe-expanding and visually enchanting

Culture Pick: “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”: Zany, universe-expanding and visually enchanting

Luke McClinton, Contributing Writer February 19, 2023

"Phase Five" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has officially begun with “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which promises to push the universal narrative toward the next “big bad.” The new movie...

A pre-“Quantumania” ranking of the Marvel Cinematic Universe 

A pre-“Quantumania” ranking of the Marvel Cinematic Universe 

Luke McClinton, Contributing Writer February 19, 2023

Thursday, Feb. 17 brought us the long-awaited “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” which delivered intriguing new faces and yet another expansion of the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe. With this...

 “Ten Blocks on the Camino Real” emphasizes the significance of the ‘other’

 “Ten Blocks on the Camino Real” emphasizes the significance of the ‘other’

McKenzie Knight, Contributing Writer February 15, 2023

The University of Alabama’s Theatre and Dance Department’s new show, “Ten Blocks on the Camino Real” opens on Feb. 15 and runs through Feb. 26. Directed by UA’s head of directing and stage management,...

“I Have an Accent 2023” showcases the power of language

“I Have an Accent 2023” showcases the power of language

Valentina Mora Velasquez, Contributing Writer February 15, 2023

The Language, Literature, and Linguistics Graduate Students Organization hosted the 12th annual University of Alabama Language Conference for the first time since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic....

Culture Pick: When cancel culture doesn’t quite cancel everyone

Culture Pick: When cancel culture doesn’t quite cancel everyone

Alyssa Schubert, Staff Reporter February 15, 2023

Another day, another way for Matty Healy, the lead singer of The 1975, to get cancelled. Healy has always had a controversial mouth, but with the skyrocketing success of his band’s fifth studio album,...

Culture Pick: The Culture Desk’s Black History Month movie and TV picks

Culture Pick: The Culture Desk’s Black History Month movie and TV picks

McKenzie Knight, Contributing Writer February 12, 2023

February ushers in Black History Month, a period in which citizens of the United Kingdom, United States and Canada nationally celebrate Black history. Per the occasion, here’s a selection of movies that...